You can almost see the comic book headline now: "What If... America's Greatest Presidents Had Become the Fantastic Four?"
T-shirt of the week: Fantastic Forefathers
- Date: July 4th, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Comic Books, Humor, History, Holidays, T-shirts
- Tags: Comic Book, Jay Garmon
Webcomic: How to tell geeks have gone mainstream
- Date: July 3rd, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Video Games, Humor, Gaming, Webcomics, Computers
- Tags: Choice, Jay Garmon
When this is an actual choice faced by your typical teenager.
Video: Better vacations with science
- Date: July 2nd, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Science Fiction, Humor, Holidays, Video, Science
- Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
You know, you have to respect a mayor the uses the eventual extinction of all life on Earth as a humorous ploy to encourage tourism. That's just genius.
Geek Trivia: Two Fourths for the price of one
- Date: July 1st, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Space, History, Books, Holidays, Science, Geek Trivia
- Tags: U.S., Geek Trivia, July, Jay Garmon
- Special Reports » See more posts on: Geek Trivia
What country somehow managed to observe two Fourths of July in the same calendar year -- a timekeeping feat unmatched by any other nation in recorded history, including the July 4th obsessed United States?
Geek Trivia: The Quibble of the Week for July 1, 2008
- Date: July 1st, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: History, Books, The Quibble of the Week
- Tags: Geek Trivia, Quibble, Jay Garmon
This week's quibble comes from the June 24, 2008 edition of Geek Trivia, "Tools of the trade(mark)." TechRepublic member nathan.scott (among several others) took issue with my reading of a certain lexicographer's accomplishments.
Video: World’s most awesomest execu-geek desk
- Date: June 30th, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Video, Gadgets
- Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Workstations, Marketing, Jay Garmon
If the true measure of power is pointless displays of conspicuous consumption, then geek power must be flaunted with conspicuous displays of pointless technology. Thus, we give you Dale Mathis' Desk Machine, a quasi-steampunk executive workstation fit only for the most discriminating of would-be corporate overlords.
T-shirt of the week: Ethanol pride
- Date: June 27th, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Humor, Science, T-shirts
- Tags: Quality, Business Operations, Jay Garmon
Subtly declare your appreciation for ethyl alcohol -- and all its various implications and utilizations -- with this Ethanol Pride seal.
How do I… Replace my Apple iPod firmware with Rockbox?
- Date: June 26th, 2008
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Category: Geekend, Hacks, Gadgets
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Firmware, Rockbox, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jack Wallen
By replacing the standard iPod firmware with software from Rockbox, you can add flexibility to your iPod and give it features you wish it already had. Jack Wallen shows you how to install and configure Rockbox onto your iPod.
Chronicles of the Pwned: Guinness Book of Gamer Records
- Date: June 26th, 2008
- Author: Jay Garmon
- Category: Geekend, Video Games, Gaming, Books
- Tags: Gamer, Games, Personal Technology, Jay Garmon
For those of you who totally swear you're the most awesomest HALO 3 player to ever live but, as a result, don't have the attention span to leaf through an unabridged copy of the Guinness Book of World Records, relief has come at last.
Geek Gifts 2008: The Roku Netflix Player fulfills the promise of streaming video
- Date: June 25th, 2008
- Author: Mark Kaelin
- Category: Geekend, Television, Movies, Gadgets
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Streaming Video, Video, Roku Netflix Player, Roku, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Mark Kaelin
- Special Reports » See more posts on: Geek Gifts 2008
The Roku Netflix Player is a small set top box that delivers streaming video over the Internet into your living room in a manner so easy even your grandparents could understand it. Check it out in this Geek Gift Guide.
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